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249 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2003. Last article published on 02/12/2025.

George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine

Interview: George Ovashvili • Director of The Moon Is a Father of Mine

"The fight is to do your work and do it well — to make strong films"

The Georgian filmmaker opened up about his film’s autobiographical echoes and the collaborative weight of an intricate European co-production spanning six countries  

02/12 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Ali Vatansever • Director of LifeLike

Interview: Ali Vatansever • Director of LifeLike

"The human condition is much richer than stripped-down concepts of life"

The Turkish director shared with us why he celebrates life more than the concepts of it — and why audiences should experience their own feelings rather than be told what to feel  

25/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Review: The Moon Is a Father of Mine

Review: The Moon Is a Father of Mine

A father and son get to know one another on the eve of various tragedies in George Ovashvili’s fifth feature film  

24/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Review: Blindsight

Review: Blindsight

Romanian helmer Adrian Sitaru’s sixth feature is a winding inward journey, exploring the questionable authenticity of memory in the digital age  

24/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Rebels With a Cause

Review: LifeLike

Review: LifeLike

Ali Vatansever's third feature probes mortality and digital escape in the form of a hybrid family drama that’s flawed yet compelling  

20/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn Competition title LifeLike

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn Competition title LifeLike

Ali Vatansever’s feature follows a family living on the 20th floor of a social-housing block, where a 19-year-old man faces the final stages of illness  

19/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey)

Episode 83: Sevda (Switzerland/Belgium/Turkey)

The producers of the film by Ufuk Emiroglu are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support  

18/11 | The Co-production Podcast

The Euro Balkan Film Festival issues a declaration on authors’ rights, platforms and AI

The Euro Balkan Film Festival issues a declaration on authors’ rights, platforms and AI

Film professionals are urging the European Commission to strengthen cultural-exception rules, retain platform investment obligations and set ethical AI frameworks for creators  

05/11 | Euro Balkan Film Festival 2025

Maurizio Sciarra  • Conference curator, Euro Balkan Film Festival

Interview: Maurizio Sciarra • Conference curator, Euro Balkan Film Festival

“European films and audiovisual products have been great when they’ve been able to express different sensibilities and perspectives”

Unspooling in the heart of Rome, this year’s Euro Balkan Film Festival is becoming a political and cultural laboratory on the future of European cinema  

29/10 | Euro Balkan Film Festival 2025

Olena Yershova • Producer of Dream Girl

Interview: Olena Yershova • Producer of Dream Girl

“It always starts with faith in a filmmaker”

Meeting with the Ukrainian producer based in Turkey, who discusses Kaan Mujdeci's new project, which she is spearheading with her company TatoFilm  

23/10 | Cinemed 2025 | Cinemed Meetings

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